Don't appear to see the 'r' problem:

#!/bin/bash/
#
# Runs LimeWire. This script must be executed in your LimeWire
# install directory.

# this should allow starting limewire from
# gui-based explorer interfaces
cd "`dirname "$0"`"

# try to discover java
MSG0="Loading LimeWire:"
MSG1="Starting LimeWire..."
MSG2="Java exec found in "
MSG3="OOPS, your java version is too old "
MSG4="You need to upgrade to JRE 1.5.x or newer from http://www.java.com"
MSG5="Suitable java version found "
MSG6="Configuring environment..."
MSG7="OOPS, you don't seem to have a valid JRE. LimeWire works best with Sun JRE available at java.com: Hot Games, Cool Apps "
MSG8="OOPS, unable to locate java exec in "
MSG9=" hierarchy"
MSG10="Java exec not found in PATH, starting auto-search..."
MSG11="Java exec found in PATH. Verifying..."

look_for_java()
{
JAVADIR=/usr/lib/jvm
if look_for_javaImpl ; then
return 0
fi
JAVADIR=/usr/lib
if look_for_javaImpl ; then
return 0
fi
JAVADIR=/usr/java
if look_for_javaImpl ; then
return 0

So any other ideas ?

Well, if you're just looking at the file on the screen, the '\r' (0xd, "carriage return") won't show up -- you'd need to look at the individual characters in the file, e.g., using the "od -c" command.

If you want, you can drop me your email address and I'll email you my working copy of that file. Of course, if you're half as paranoid about security as I am, you wouldn't accept a shell-script mailed to you by a total stranger -- in that case, you could see about extracting that script from a older version of LimeWire. Good luck.

OK, that explains things a little clearer.

I'll go RTFM re ' od ' to learn about it some.

As to your offer ~ will meet you 'half way'.[ Sorry about that couldn't help myself.]

Er... that is ~ my email address cannot be printed here ( good security by the moderator ) ~ please include it here, and I'll change the extension this end.

Thanks for the offer, greatly appreciated.

Quick update: I see I do need an earlier copy of the runLime.sh file to be able to compare. Though the od -c command would normally be a little over my head, your comments earlier has helped to see where the changes might be.

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PM'ed Curmudgeon and got sent the earlier version runLime.sh

Works great, am now looking for my tunes~ thanks for that and all the effort you afforded me.